Sole-cutting die



(N0 Model.)

J. B. KEANEY.

SOLE GUTTING DIE. 7N0. 410,284. Patented Sept. 3, 1889.

E j F UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES B. KEANEY, OF MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SOLE-CUTTING DIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,284, dated September 3, 1889. I Application filed May 25, 1889. Serial No. 312,088. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern; v

Be it known that I, JAMES B. KEANEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milford, in the county of WVorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sole-Cutting Dies; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a sole-cutting die that can be used with safety by the operator, and which can be grasped and held by him to better advantage while being used for cutting soles, according to the well known Walker mode, from a sheet of leather, in a machine ordinarily used for the purpose, than can the dies of this class as heretofore constructed.

The nature of my invention is defined in the claim hereinafter presented.

Figure 1 is a top view, Fig. 2 a longitudinal and vertical section, and Fig. 3 a side elevation, of a sole-cutting die made in accordance with my invention.

In carrying out my improvement I form the sole-cutting die A of less height at its end or toe and heel portions B and 0 than in its middle portion I), so as to provide it with openings or notches E and F in its top edge, as shown. This construction of the die enables the operator, while using it in a soleplacing it in position on said piece of leather for the platen to descend upon it by passing his fingers over the top edge of said end portions to assist him in the locating and holding of the die without the liability of the said.

platen descending upon and cutting off his fingers, as has frequently been the case when using the die as heretofore made with itsentire top edge in one plane.

Operatives have been maimed and subjected to much suffering and lossof time and manufacturers have been put to much inconvenience on account of the many accidents which have resulted from the cause referred to while using the sole-cutting die of the class described as made before my improvement was devised,

Having described my improvement, what I claim is- The cutting-die A, of less height at its end or toe and heel portions B and O on its back than in its middle portion D, whereby are formed the openings or notches E and F, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES B. KEANEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. SIDAY, DENNIS E. SHEA. 

